Canada's electoral history from 1867 to today
Base → People → Search & Find → Full profile → Douglas S. Harkness

♂ Douglas Scott Harkness
aliasDouglas Harkness
Record
26055 · 3

Type of record
Elected candidate ✓
Known but unelected candidate
Perennial candidate		 Deceased Performance: 100%
  ✓ ✗ ∑
Canada 9 0 9
Birth 29 March 1903 → 121 years + 1 month ago
Lived 96 years + 1 month
First mandate 11 June 1945 → 78 years + 10 months ago
↳ at age 42 years + 2 months
Death 2 May 1999 → 24 years + 11 months ago
Exit → Death 26 years + 6 months after 29 October 1972
Special notes
None
 
Douglas Scott Harkness (1903–1999)
© Photo 1968 House of Commons (Canada) — Public domain
Family tie with other documented individual
None
 

Length of service in elected office

Legislature Total Government Opposition
years months days years months days years months days
Canada 27 4 10

Leadership roles

  Duration
# Legislature Party M Int Role Age Dates y m d
1. CA 23
PC
 1 ✓ Minister 54–55 21 Jun 1957 — 06 Aug 1958 1 1 16
2. CA 23–24
PC
 2 Minister 54–57 07 Aug 1957 — 10 Oct 1960 3 2 3
3. CA 24–25
PC
 1 Minister 57–59 11 Oct 1960 — 03 Feb 1963 2 3 23
 1. Agriculture [Int]
 2. Agriculture
 3. National Defence

Electoral history

Races 9  
Path points 10  
6 documented challengers
⊖ Adrian D. Berry  m 
⊖ Donald H. Mackay  m 
⊖ Robert A. Simpson  m  (2 runoffs)
 		 ⊖ Lorne L. Leavitt  m 
⊖ George H. Ross  m 
⊖ Nicholas W. Taylor  m 
 
Eligible: 34,545 Votes: 24,742 Participation: 71.62% Candidacies: 5
Federal
20		 Alberta
11 June 1945
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 23125(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 → New to Parliament
Age
42
PC
 1/5 7,799 31.52% +1,945 Loser:
SC
 5,854 23.66% Clifford M. Willmott

Service: 4 years 15 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 39,296 Votes: 27,133 Participation: 69.05% Candidacies: 4
Federal
21		 Alberta
27 June 1949
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23386(F) — 30 Nov 2022 06:13 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
46
PC
 1/4 9,641 35.87% +1,086 Loser:
LIB
 8,555 31.83% Donald H. Mackay

Service: 4 years 1 month 13 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 47,448 Votes: 29,841 Participation: 62.89% Candidacies: 5
Federal
22		 Alberta
10 August 1953
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 23677(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
50
PC
 1/5 11,002 37.31% +2,709 Loser:
SC
 8,293 28.12% Clifford M. Willmott

Service: 3 years 9 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 56,884 Votes: 40,295 Participation: 70.84% Candidacies: 4
Federal
23		 Alberta
10 June 1957
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 23958(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
54
PC
 1/4 21,783 54.70% +11,717 Loser:
SC
 10,066 25.28% Ian F. Smith

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: 56,884 Votes: 42,987 Participation: 75.57% Candidacies: 4
Federal
24		 Alberta
31 March 1958
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Majority
ID: 24224(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
55
PC
 1/4 30,930 71.95% +25,446 Loser:
SC
 5,484 12.76% Lorne L. Leavitt

Service: 4 years 2 months 17 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 50,418 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
25		 Alberta
18 June 1962
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  PC  Minority
ID: 24501(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
59
PC
 1/4 22,446 44.52% +9,303 Loser:
SC
 13,143 26.07% Robert A. Simpson

Service: 9 months 20 days (Gov't)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 56,797 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
26		 Alberta
8 April 1963
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 24765(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:28 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
60
PC
 1/4 21,966 38.67% +6,580 Loser:
SC
 15,386 27.09% Robert A. Simpson

Service: 2 years 6 months 30 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 54,993 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 4
Federal
27		 Alberta
8 November 1965
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 25034(F) — 29 Jul 2023 13:54 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
62
PC
 1/4 23,810 43.30% +7,781 Loser:
LIB
 16,029 29.15% Adrian D. Berry

Service: 2 years 7 months 16 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: inc. Votes: 36,066 Participation: inc. Candidacies: 3
Federal
28		 Alberta
25 June 1968
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Majority
ID: 9866(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
✓
 Re-elected incumbent
Age
65
PC
 1/3 16,977 47.07% +301 Loser:
LIB
 16,676 46.24% Nicholas W. Taylor

Service: 4 years 4 months 4 days (Oppo.)
Eligible: 57,389 Votes: 42,531 Participation: 74.11% Candidacies: 6
Federal
29		 Alberta
30 October 1972
General
First-past-the-post
Gov't  LIB  Minority
ID: 10130(F) — 16 Aug 2021 01:29 ET
—
 Incumbent did not run in this election →
Age
69		 Successor:
PC
 22,669 53.30% Harvie Andre

Online biographical references (3)

Bilingual references are counted as a single reference.  Retrieved on
EN Canadian Encyclopedia
Douglas Harkness		 10 Apr 2024
FR Encyclopédie canadienne
Harkness, Douglas Scott		 10 Apr 2024
EN Parliament of Canada (ParlInfo)
The Hon. Douglas Scott Harkness, P.C., M.P.		 10 Apr 2024
FR Parlement du Canada (ParlInfo)
L'hon. Douglas Scott Harkness, C.P., député		 10 Apr 2024
EN Wikipedia
Douglas Harkness		 10 Apr 2024

© 2019, 2024 :: PoliCan.ca (Maurice Y. Michaud)
Pub.: 22 Jun 2019 17:01
Rev.: 10 Apr 2024 20:55 (but data presented dynamically)

© 2019-2024 :: PoliCan.ca
Given that electoral results are by their very nature public information, such data that can be found in PoliCan are considered to be in the public domain. However, unless indicated otherwise, all other elements — the concept of consolidating these data into a single format, the detailed research on each election, legislature and candidate, the organization and searchability of the data, the programming allowing the entry and maintenance of the data, as well as the analyses and explanatory articles found in this website — are the intellectual property of Maurice Y. Michaud.